期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：2005
卷号：14
期号：6 (80)
页码：1149-1174
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：In this study on extent, reasons and determinants of potential "brain drain" from Croatia, we examined university students' intentions to leave the country in the years 1995, 1997 and 2004. We found that in 2004 as much as 75.3% of students think about moving abroad after finishing their studies and that 22.5% of students would rather start their career abroad than in Croatia. The main reason for their possible departure is primarily the better economic situation in foreign countries, as are also better prospects for postgraduate education and professional improvement. In the last ten years we can see a very slow trend of potential "brain drain" extent reduction, accompanied with a slight increase of importance of developmental reasons for moving abroad. The main determinants of students' intentions to leave the country are psychological in nature. The intention to move abroad is mostly defined by students' perception of value achievement probability: students who want to leave the country are most certain that in other foreign countries they can achieve their values better. The motivational determinants of potential "brain drain" were not examined in earlier studies, but this study confirms their importance. In the study of complex human behavior, as the intention to leave the country certainly is, a thorough analysis of psychological (motivational) determinants is essential.
